How to Deal with Online Trolls

NEW! Trolls (including criminals) and AI

Trolls may collect and edit your content using AI tools, and impersonate you.

You are a very active author but not a celebrity (yet)?

Here are some 'not safe' things to do online:

to reveal your full face
to reveal your real voice
to reveal your handwriting

It's also not safe to post pictures without watermarks. Regular watermarks will not help you, because trolls remove them manually. Use watermarks like these:

Articles

A functionalist approach to online trolling

Internet trolls are narcissists, psychopaths, and sadists

Tackling online hate and trolling. Advice to support children & young people.

Key 'don't'

Don't reply to troll posts and comments.
Don't mention troll links and original names.
Don't join troll communities and don't follow troll accounts using your well known logins, even if you want to monitor troll activity.
Don't answer unknown audio and video calls.
Don't take physical gifts from strangers.

If a troll added your page to the Wayback Machine

How do I request to remove something from archive.org?

Protect your children from being bullied in fandoms

Parents! Pay particular attention to FANDOMS. There are very aggressive people (bullies) in fandoms. Periodically ask your children who they communicate with, what online communities they participate in.

If a group of trolls started bullying your kid in a fandom, it's highly recommended to close your kid's account. Your kid can create a new account, but avoid using the same userpic and the same nickname.

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